[WikiEN-l] Wikimedian image restorations exploited on eBay

[Durova]

A strawman argument occurs when a response attempts to redefine a statement
into something it isn't--something simpleminded and easier to rebut--and
then pokes at the holes it created.

Note the actual statement:
"The vendor violates moral rights on all the items it offers for sale."

And the rebuttal:
"If you have not created a creative work, you are not the author and do
not have moral/authorship rights."

This vendor offers hundreds of items for sale, a substantial number of which
are obviously copyrighted: among a group of NASA photographs, a publiciity
shot of Nichelle Nichols as Lieutenant Uhura, a portrait of Thurgood
Marshall owned by the NAACP, and a potrait of Jane Russell taken by George
Hurrell.

The vendor does not credit Hurrell or any other creative contributor.
Several of them, such as Carol Highsmith, are still alive and active.  Some
of these images may violate Wikimedians' copyleft licenses; featured
pictures have been stolen for commercial purposes before.

In his eagerness to construct a strawman, John Vandenberg ignores all these
factors.  This is one reason why the pool of featured picture contributors
is small.

-Durova
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:15 PM, John Vandenberg <jayvdb at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Durova <nadezhda.durova at gmail.com> wrote:
> > The vendor violates moral rights on all the items it offers for sale.
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights_%28copyright_law%29
>
> If you have not created a creative work, you are not the author and do
> not have moral/authorship rights.
>
> Even if you were the author, how does ebay business violate your moral
> rights?
>
> --
> John Vandenberg
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